scholarly journals Land Use Suitability Assessment in Low-Slope Hilly Regions under the Impact of Urbanization in Yunnan, China

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gui Jin ◽  
Zhaohua Li ◽  
Qiaowen Lin ◽  
Chenchen Shi ◽  
Bing Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Weight Of Evidence ◽  
Scientific Management ◽  
Land Use Suitability ◽  
Suitability Assessment ◽  
Fuzzy Weight ◽  
Evidence Model ◽  
Impact Of Urbanization ◽  
The Impact

Nowadays, the conflict between land development and land conservation has become increasingly serious in China. The plan called “town of mountain” is carried out in many nonplain areas to alleviate the conflict. To avoid geological disasters and ecological risks in those areas, land use suitability assessment is of great importance. In this paper, the fuzzy weight of evidence model is applied into land use suitability assessment in low-slope hilly regions in Yunnan, China. Fuzzy weight of evidences is calculated to determine 9 map layers. Finally, posterior probabilities are modified after synthesizing each map layer, which are used to generate a land use suitability map. The results show that 9.33%, 26.18%, 45.98%, and 18.51% of low-slope hilly regions are separately highly suitable, moderately suitable, marginally suitable, and unsuitable for development. Besides, highly and moderately suitable areas are mainly located in towns with excellent natural and socioeconomic conditions. The largest areas which are marginally suitable for development are most widely distributed. Unsuitable areas are mainly distributed far away from towns and water sources. The findings of the research will promote the rational use and scientific management of the land.

The Impact of Urbanization on Agricultural Land Use

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-75
Author(s):  
Elena Belova ◽  
Yuliya Rozenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Agricultural Land Use ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Impact Of Urbanization ◽  
The Impact

The subject of the study presented in this article is the economic relations arising due to the progress of the urbanization that leads to changes in agricultural production. For a long time in Russia a reduction of agricultural land, arable land and crops takes place. One reason for this is the global progress of urbanization. Changes in agricultural land use occur across the country however this process is uneven in different regions. Among all regions Moscow and Moscow region significantly stand out. The study showed that in the more urbanized regions of the country reduction of the agricultural land and changes in agricultural land use are greater than in less urbanized ones.

The impact of urbanization policy on land use change: A scenario analysis

Cities ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuzhe Wu ◽  
Xiaoling Zhang ◽  
Liyin Shen
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Scenario Analysis ◽  
Impact Of Urbanization ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Urbanization Policy

scholarly journals Whether Urban Development and Ecological Protection Can Achieve a Win-Win Situation—The Nonlinear Relationship between Urbanization and Ecosystem Service Value in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingtao Wu ◽  
Maogang Tang ◽  
Zhonghao Zhang ◽  
Baijun Wu
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Parametric Model ◽  
Nonparametric Model ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Spatially Adaptive ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Impact Of Urbanization ◽  
The Impact

Most of the existing research on urbanization suggests that urbanization leads to a decline in ecosystem services values (ESV). However, the impacts of industrial structure and changes in land use patterns on ESV have often been ignored. Using provincial data in China from 2003 to 2015, this study demonstrates the possibility of achieving a win-win situation regarding urbanization and ESV enhancement at the global and regional scales. The negative effect from production processes and the influence of residents’ preferences are considered in the evaluation of ESV. The impact of urbanization on ESV is empirically analyzed by using a spatially adaptive semi-parametric model in order to mitigate both endogeneity of the parametric model and the curse of dimensionality in nonparametric model. The results show that there is a U-shaped curve relationship between urbanization and ESV for the whole country. However, most provinces of China are still located at the left side of the U-shaped curve where urbanization reduces the ESV per capita. Central and local governments should strengthen differentiated land use policies, environmental regulations, and finance and tax policies to transform the industrial structure, so that each province may achieve a win-win situation regarding urbanization and ESV enhancement. Such policy changes would promote sustainable development in China.

An Approach for Land-Use Suitability Assessment Using Decision Support Systems, AHP and GIS

Data Mining ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. 2153-2173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erkan Polat
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support Systems ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
Land Use Suitability ◽  
Suitability Assessment ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Scientific Base

Nowadays, analysis of land-use suitability requires consideration of variety of criteria including not only natural/physical capacity of a land unit but also socio-economic and environmental impact implications. This chapter suggests an approach instead of typical synthesis and land-use suitability assessment methods that is used in the urban and regional planning. Using the decision support systems with AHP and GIS, a participative, GIS-supported, different, new, flexible, and soft approach is proposed for land-use suitability assessment of cities and regions in particular. The chapter presents a technique integrating SWOT-CATWOE analysis, the Delphi and Inquiry Technique, the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), and a Geographic Information System (GIS) to evaluate the land-use suitability for cities. By the help of this study, settlement suitability analyses have been achieved according to the socio-economic and infrastructure, environmental or physical thresholds of the settlement, and this integration could benefit urban planners and decision makers. The proposed method begins with the identification of settlement requirements, followed by the derivation of settlement evaluation criteria with SWOT-CATWOE analysis and the Delphi and Inquiry Technique. Then, pairwise comparisons (PC matrices) are formed between each pair of settlement criteria. The AHP is used to measure the relative importance or weight of each settlement criterion. This chapter has intended a theoretical and scientific base for an AHP and GIS combination with decision support systems. Thus, when land-use suitability assessment has taken as this combination of decision support systems, AHP and GIS, more realistic, more accurate, and applicable results emerge.

scholarly journals The Impact of Urbanization on the Annual Average Temperature of the Past 60 Years in Beijing

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Wang ◽  
Wei Ji ◽  
Xinfang Yu ◽  
Xinliang Xu ◽  
Dong Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Annual Average ◽  
Regional Warming ◽  
Average Temperature ◽  
Anomaly Analysis ◽  
Impact Of Urbanization ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Annual Average Temperature

Global warming, which is representatively caused by CO2-based greenhouse gases, has caused widespread concern in the global scientific community and gets the high attention of each government in the world. Human activities impact climate change through greenhouse gas emissions and land use changes. The current study on the impact of urbanization on the annual average temperature of the recent 60 years in Beijing was conducted using 1951–2012 temperature data. Anomaly analysis, quadratic polynomial trend method, and moving average method were employed to indicate the temporal variation of temperature. The results showed that average temperature increased both in urban and rural areas. The temperature of urban Beijing increased during the period from 1951 to 2012, especially from 1971 to 1994. The temperature of rural Beijing showed a faster increase than that of the urban area from 1989 to 1998. However, the rate of temperature increase slowed down in recent years. This type of change was temporally consistent with the process of land use change and urbanization in Beijing. Economic restructuring and improvement of urban planning may have been one of the reasons that the regional warming has been slowed down in the rural area.

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